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Eating hate

Earlier this week our beagle decided to tear up and eat a portion of carpet in our basement. We didn’t realize this had happened until we had endured a couple…

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May 30, 2025
Pauquette Prose

March 15, 2023

But the older and wiser I get, I feel the prompting to not wish away these times of transitions. Once I make up my mind about something I generally just…

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March 15, 2023
thoughts

On time and priorities

Is it more important to us to be busy “doing good things”, or more important to quietly and intentionally invest in our families day after day? To invest well in…

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May 25, 2023
  • social media,  thoughts

    For real

    Melissa / October 5, 2026 / 4 Comments

    As I was praying about what I was to write about this week, in my spirit I heard the phrase, “It doesn’t have to be clever, it just has to be real.” If…

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  • contentedness

    To be delighted

    Melissa / September 30, 2026 / 2 Comments

    In the past few weeks I feel as though I’ve come out of a cave. I didn’t even realize I had been in a cave, but sometimes it’s hard to see how dark…

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  • life

    Kingdom Pollination

    Melissa / August 21, 2026 / 0 Comments

    “You know how I know we’re not a cult?” I said as we were all walking into Wendy’s, “You all dress so different.  That’s pretty cool ya know?  No one is alike.” Some…

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  • thoughts

    What is your Overton window?

    Melissa / August 5, 2026 / 0 Comments

    Have you ever heard of the Overton window? Brad was the first one to tell me about it, many years ago at this point. It’s a model of what is acceptable at any…

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  • Creative Non-Fiction

    The Well Witcher

    Melissa / July 15, 2026 / 0 Comments

    I remember the day the well witcher came. I was outside riding my bike around the yard when I saw his beat up old truck pull in.  I ditched the bike and ran…

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  • Creative Non-Fiction

    Panorama of a Spring Day

    Melissa / July 3, 2026 / 0 Comments

    I had the idea for this next story on the first warm day of the year.  We were at the park playing pickleball when I walked the little ones over to the playground.…

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  • Creative Non-Fiction

    Spring Glory

    Melissa / June 18, 2026 / 2 Comments

    This is a creative non-fiction piece that I wrote for my newsletter a couple of months ago. It was May of 2020 when this happened, while the world was locked down and on…

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  • life

    Being prepared

    Melissa / May 28, 2026 / 4 Comments

    We’ve had the dreariest and chilly spring here, with a sprinkling of really hot days thrown in. I haven’t felt like planting much, but I have forced myself outside to put seeds in…

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  • life

    Feeling stuck?

    Melissa / March 5, 2026 / 2 Comments

    Roundabouts. You know those traffic intersections that people either love or hate? Some say they make traffic flow more smoothly, but others (and dare I say the majority of Americans) stress out when…

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  • thoughts

    When life-giving becomes life-taking.

    Melissa / February 18, 2026 / 2 Comments

    Is it life giving if everything else is falling apart?

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